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Columbus Blue Jackets 1
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Match Report

Lightning win 2-1, put Blue Jackets on brink of elimination

Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

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Team Stats

TB CBJ
12
Blocked Shots
18
34
Hits
25
2
Takeaways
4
22
Shots
29
0
Power Play Goals
0
3
Power Play Opportunities
2
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
12
Faceoffs Won
30
28.6
Faceoff Win Percent
71.4
8
Giveaways
12
3
Total Penalties
3
6
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

TB

  • Andrei Vasilevskiy G GA 1 · SA 29 · SOS 0
  • Yanni Gourde C BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Anthony Cirelli C BS 0 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Brayden Point C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

CBJ

  • Joonas Korpisalo G GA 2 · SA 22 · SOS 0
  • Nick Foligno LW BS 1 · HT 4 · TK 1
  • Alexandre Texier LW BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Boone Jenner C BS 1 · HT 3 · TK 0

Head to Head

Injuries

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning

  • Zemgus Girgensons Day-To-Day
  • Yanni Gourde Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Penalty 18:53
    3rd
  2. Missed 16:34 2-1
    Yanni Gourde 3rd
  3. Missed 15:44 2-1
    Nick Foligno 3rd
  4. Missed 12:14 2-1
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  5. Missed 12:04 2-1
    Kevin Shattenkirk 3rd
  6. Missed 10:00 2-1
    Yanni Gourde 3rd
  7. Missed 7:47 2-1
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd
  8. Missed 5:06 2-1
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  9. Penalty 4:08
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd
  10. Penalty 2:27
    Mikhail Sergachev 3rd
  11. Penalty 16:09
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 2nd
  12. Missed 15:29 2-1
    Boone Jenner 2nd
  13. Missed 14:16 2-1
    Tyler Johnson 2nd
  14. Missed 11:15 2-1
    Blake Coleman 2nd
  15. Missed 8:38 2-1
    Zach Werenski 2nd
  16. Goal 5:48 2-1
    Cam Atkinson 2nd
  17. Penalty 5:34
    Gustav Nyquist 2nd
  18. Penalty 5:34
    Tyler Johnson 2nd
  19. Goal 4:09 2-0
    Yanni Gourde 2nd
  20. Missed 3:02 1-0
    Zach Bogosian 2nd
  21. Goal 0:16 1-0
    Barclay Goodrow 2nd
  22. Missed 18:05 0-0
    Nikita Kucherov 1st
  23. Missed 15:32 0-0
    Ryan Murray 1st
  24. Missed 15:28 0-0
    Riley Nash 1st
  25. Missed 14:40 0-0
    Victor Hedman 1st
  26. Missed 10:19 0-0
    Alexandre Texier 1st
  27. Missed 6:48 0-0
    Gustav Nyquist 1st
  28. Penalty 5:54
    Cedric Paquette 1st
  29. Missed 4:47 0-0
    Cam Atkinson 1st
  30. Missed 3:07 0-0
    Riley Nash 1st
  31. Missed 0:20 0-0
    Barclay Goodrow 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 2-1
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 2-1
    3rd
  3. Shot 19:42 2-1
    Seth Jones 3rd
  4. Giveaway 19:39 2-1
    Alex Killorn 3rd
  5. Face Off 19:23 2-1
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd
  6. Stoppage 19:23 2-1
    3rd
  7. Hit 19:17 2-1
    Zach Werenski 3rd
  8. Face Off 18:53 2-1
    Boone Jenner 3rd
  9. Penalty 18:53
    3rd
  10. Blocked 18:34 2-1
    Seth Jones 3rd
  11. Takeaway 18:17 2-1
    Tyler Johnson 3rd
  12. Hit 17:12 2-1
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  13. Face Off 16:56 2-1
    Alexander Wennberg 3rd
  14. Stoppage 16:56 2-1
    3rd
  15. Shot 16:55 2-1
    Yanni Gourde 3rd
  16. Missed 16:34 2-1
    Yanni Gourde 3rd
  17. Face Off 16:20 2-1
    Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd
  18. Stoppage 16:20 2-1
    3rd
  19. Missed 15:44 2-1
    Nick Foligno 3rd
  20. Hit 15:26 2-1
    Seth Jones 3rd
  21. Blocked 15:19 2-1
    Kevin Shattenkirk 3rd
  22. Hit 14:53 2-1
    Alexander Wennberg 3rd
  23. Hit 14:46 2-1
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  24. Giveaway 14:30 2-1
    Riley Nash 3rd
  25. Hit 14:20 2-1
    Victor Hedman 3rd
  26. Shot 14:07 2-1
    Boone Jenner 3rd
  27. Giveaway 13:17 2-1
    Vladislav Gavrikov 3rd
  28. Blocked 13:03 2-1
    Blake Coleman 3rd
  29. Missed 12:14 2-1
    Nikita Kucherov 3rd
  30. Missed 12:04 2-1
    Kevin Shattenkirk 3rd
  31. Hit 11:49 2-1
    Nick Foligno 3rd
  32. Hit 11:37 2-1
    Tyler Johnson 3rd
  33. Shot 11:13 2-1
    Cam Atkinson 3rd
  34. Blocked 11:07 2-1
    Cam Atkinson 3rd
  35. Face Off 11:04 2-1
    Tyler Johnson 3rd
  36. Stoppage 11:04 2-1
    3rd
  37. Shot 11:03 2-1
    Nick Foligno 3rd
  38. Hit 10:49 2-1
    Vladislav Gavrikov 3rd
  39. Hit 10:25 2-1
    Ondrej Palat 3rd
  40. Hit 10:18 2-1
    Blake Coleman 3rd

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